Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Zambia
Zambia: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 982.85 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Zambia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 982.85 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Zambia peaked at 1,039 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 982.85 1000 ha, in 2024.
Zambia ranks 35th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,021 1000 ha | 1,004 1000 ha | 1,039 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 998.82 1000 ha | 983.19 1000 ha | 1,013 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 989.24 1000 ha | 982.85 1000 ha | 993.58 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More environment data for Zambia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 4.06 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 155.89 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 922 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 26.9 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 83.89 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 20,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.17 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 40.49 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 15.94 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 3,800 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Zambia?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Zambia was 982.85 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,039 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 982.85 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Zambia rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Zambia ranks 35th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.